CITIZEN G.

Evening Star, Issue 20987, 29 December 1931, Page 7

CITIZEN G.

A " SUDDEN DEATH " Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. RIGA, December 27. An intriguing turn was given to the plot story by the curt announcement that a Soviet official, known as “ Citizen G,” died suddenly. The official explanation is that he succumbed to a severe illness. INDIGNANT DISCLAIMER. PRAGUE, December 28. (Received December 29, at 11.5 a.m.) M. Vanek indignantly disclaims that in any way he approached or even suggested that “ Citizen G,” otherwise Goditzki, a Moscow theatre employee, should attack Mr Hirota, whose name was never mentioned. [The Tass Agency caused a sensation by announcing the recall at the request of the Soviet Government of a member of a Foreign Mission, who allegedly tried to persuade a Soviet official to stage an attack on the Japanese Ambassador in order to provoke war between Russia and Japan. He declared that it would be unnecessary to kill the Ambassador; it would be sufficient if two bullets from a rusty automatic revolver broke the windows of his car. The Soviet official informed the Government, declaring that he wanted to atone for the wrong he might have done to Russia “ through inexperience wi.h such dirty, disgraceful activities.” It was stated subsequently that the member of a Foreign Mission mentioned was Karl Vanek, secretary of the Czecho-Slovakian Diplomatic Mission, but Czecho-Slovakian headquarters declared that he was returning to Prague solely because of ill-health. He was not involved in any plot to provoke a RussoJapanese war.]